Gate Launches Four New Stock Perpetual Futures
The exchange expands its derivatives offerings with contracts for Fast Retailing, Taiyo Yuden, Interactive Brokers, and Valero.
Updated on Oct. 21, 2026 in Investing
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Gate has officially launched four new stock-linked perpetual futures contracts, allowing users to trade long or short positions. The move continues the platform's recent growth in equity-linked derivative offerings.
Why it matters
These additions provide investors with more diverse ways to hedge or speculate on global equities through digital asset infrastructure. The ongoing expansion demonstrates the platform's commitment to scaling its available derivative products.
Gate now supports a total of 490 stock-linked contracts following this expansion, with users able to select leverage between 1x and 20x. This follows the launch of six additional stock contracts on Sept. 29.
The players
Gate
Gate is a global digital asset trading platform that provides a variety of spot, margin, and derivative trading services to international users.
Fast Retailing
Fast Retailing is a Japanese retail holding company that operates major brands including Uniqlo and Theory.
Interactive Brokers Group
Interactive Brokers Group is an automated global electronic broker that provides execution and clearing services for a wide range of financial assets.
Valero Energy Corporation
Valero Energy Corporation is a Fortune 500 international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels and other petrochemical products.
Taiyo Yuden
Taiyo Yuden is a Japanese electronics company specializing in the research, development, and manufacture of electronic components.
The details
Traders can access specialized automated trading bots and copy trading features within one hour of the new futures launch. The new contracts specifically feature Fast Retailing, Taiyo Yuden, Interactive Brokers Group, and Valero Energy Corporation.
Timeline
Sept. 29: Gate launched six earlier stock contracts.
Oct. 21, 2026, 5 a.m. ET: Gate scheduled the launch of four new stock-linked perpetual futures.
Market Dynamics
This release follows the rise of equity-linked crypto derivatives as trading platforms increasingly seek to bridge the gap between traditional equity markets and digital assets. By adding these instruments, Gate competes directly with other exchanges looking to capture share in the burgeoning retail derivative sector.
Retail investors can now utilize higher leverage options up to 20x to take directional bets on specific corporate stocks through the platform. These traders must be aware that the inclusion of automated bots and copy trading tools provides new, higher-risk pathways for managing positions.
The takeaway
The addition of these perpetual futures underscores the platform's push toward offering a wider array of equity-linked derivative tools. Traders should carefully weigh the risks associated with 20x leverage before deploying capital into these new asset-linked contracts.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by TokenPost.
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